participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners and follow agreed upon rules, while building on each other's talk.
be actively involved in exploring the natural world posing questions and seeking answers through observation and time to talk about our observations and compare ours with others.
use oral language, drawings, and models to communicate results and explanations of our findings.
summarize the life cycle: birth, developing into adult, reproducing, aging, and death
compare the life cycles of animals
remember that organisms differ from and are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
Time
Materials
Activities
1st 15 min
Science notebooks
Smartboard
Smartnotebook file
discuss similarities and differences between parents and their offspring in science notebooks
make a list of how parents and offspring can be the same or differ
2nd 30 min
Life Cycle leveled readers
science notebooks
Smartboard
students in groups read life cycle books
complete circle map of "What is a Life Cycle?"
teacher goes over tomorrow's wrap up activity by modeling
Day 2: Research, Research, Research
Today we will:
participate in a shared research and writing project.
participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners and follow agreed upon rules, while building on each other's talk.
use oral language, drawings, and models to communicate results and explanations of our findings.
Time
Materials
Activities
1st 20 min
Library books on life cycles
Research folders with research templates
research animal according to part of book assigned in group
Day 1: And the Cycle Ends...or Does It?
Today we will:
Today we will:
Venn Diagram